"Further education colleges play a crucial role in apprenticeships and in supporting education. Will the Minister tell me what extra measures the Government are bringing in to ensure that further education colleges naturally provide a wide range of education and technical skills to apprentices?..." Derek Twigg - View Speech
"Order. I am conscious of time. I assume that the shadow Minister is coming towards the ends of his comments, but I want to make sure that the Minister and Member in charge have plenty of time to respond. I will call the Minister in about a minute’s time...." Derek Twigg - View Speech
"I will call Ben Obese-Jecty to move the motion and then call the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will …..." Derek Twigg - View Speech
"Could the hon. Member point to current legislation that has a gap and does not give the protection to the intelligence services that we all wish to see?..." Derek Twigg - View Speech
"The hon. Member is saying that the intelligence services are not protected under the current legislation. Could he say why?..." Derek Twigg - View Speech
"I support the Bill and the amendments put forward by the Government. Back in May 1998, when I first spoke in a debate about the Hillsborough disaster, I could never have imagined that 28 years later I would be debating new legislation to address the state’s failings in respect of …..." Derek Twigg - View Speech